The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1983
Kyuji Kiryu, Kawasaki, JP;
Kensuke Aizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tokico, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An industrial robot comprises an arm, a driving source for driving the arm, an operation unit provided at a tip end of the arm, and a sensor unit provided at the tip end of the arm, in a vicinity of the operation unit. The sensor unit comprises a sensor for detecting a workpiece which is to be subjected to an operation carried out by the operation unit, a shutter for opening and closing a front of the sensor, and a mechanism for causing the shutter to open the front of the sensor at least while the sensor carries out a detecting operation to detect the workpiece, and for causing the shutter to close the front of the sensor at least while the operation unit carries out the operation.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile